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Fair Play, New Jersey

Coordinates: 40°14′12″N 74°27′53″W / 40.23667°N 74.46472°W / 40.23667; -74.46472
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Fair Play, New Jersey
Fair Play as seen from eastbound CR 1
Fair Play as seen from eastbound CR 1
Fair Play is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Fair Play
Fair Play
Location in Monmouth County (Inset: Monmouth County in New Jersey)
Fair Play is located in New Jersey
Fair Play
Fair Play
Fair Play (New Jersey)
Fair Play is located in the United States
Fair Play
Fair Play
Fair Play (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°14′12″N 74°27′53″W / 40.23667°N 74.46472°W / 40.23667; -74.46472
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMonmouth
TownshipMillstone
Elevation144 ft (44 m)
GNIS feature ID882916[1]

Fair Play is a rural unincorporated community in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] It is just south of Disbrow Hill and north of Rocky Brook on County Route 1 (Perrineville Road) at Fairplay Road, west of Perrineville and southeast of Hightstown.[3]

History

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The school district in Fair Play had 48 children attending in 1892,[4] and a school house existed in 1889.[5] Since the 1980s, much of the area has been developed as single-family homes in subdivisions.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fair Play
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed November 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "Fair Play, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Documents of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Legislature of the State of New Jersey. Vol. 5. John L. Murphy. 1892. p. 261.
  5. ^ Wolverton, Chester. Driving Road Chart of Monmouth County, 1889
  6. ^ Historicaerials.com, 1987 aerial photo of Fair Play